Rik Gunderson
UK Utility Director for Software AG
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See you at Utility Week Live Online
In the face of enormous change, how do you make your utility more efficient, resilient and – above all – safe, while ensuring that productivity remains high? Join us on November 25th & 26th at Utility Week Live Online’s three-day event to find out. Our first activity, in the morning on November 25th, will be a 10-minute case study about connecting and… -
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How to bake a connected water network
During lockdown you may have learned how to bake, or at least sharpened your latent cooking skills. You have seen that if you follow a simple recipe and have the right ingredients, baking can be relatively successful. But it can also be messy work; you have to keep your hands clean, wipe countertops, wash the pots and pans. Still, I… -
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Effective data integration keeps water flowing
The water industry stands to reap nearly limitless benefits from the Internet of Things (IoT). Water companies face tough challenges ahead: Water availability and quality, environmental concerns and de-carbonization of their operations are all areas the industry is trying to navigate - and improve its performance. At the same time cost pressures are growing, and water and wastewater services… -
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Without Integration, no ‘Thing’ Happens
IoT projects are complicated – sensors, devices, APIs, data, back office systems and analytics all must be tied together to realize value from your data. This requires integration. Integration is arguably the most important and costly element of any IoT project. Gartner estimated that 50% of the cost of IoT projects is spent on integration. In the water utility industry going… -
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Smart Water Management? It’s about Time.
Every day in the UK there are over 3.0 million liters of water lost, largely due to leaks, poor metering and theft; and is enough to fill 1,268 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The World Bank estimates that more than 126 million cubic meters of water is lost each year globally. The cost? Over $40 billion. Therefore, the focus on finding and fixing…
